RT @TraceMayer: Great to see #Bitcoin community uptake on Genesis Block Celebration with Proof of Keys [Jan/3➞₿ 🔑∎].
As a #Bitcoin community gift, Simon from @OtherAlias redesigned *pro-bono* https://t.co/7i8F58PS38.
What do you think? What is done well? Suggestions for improvement? 😎

RT @TraceMayer: Vast majority of #Bitcoin users not even around for #MtGox.
2016 - 5m
2017 - 18m
2018 - 35m
Other than a little $BTC volatility; most have no gnarly battle scars. Services should have been building for scale in 2018. With https://t.co/7i8F58yhbA 🔐 we can train & test. 👍 😃 https://t.co/dliAMB5N4r

In other threads proposing this event they are saying they will redeposit to exchanges the day after, it's intent is to test the reserves of the exchanges not spread the goal of controlling your own coins. I don't think there is agreement about what the goal of this is.

What's stopping them from being holders now? This seems a lot more like a PR campaign than it does a celebration, which is fine and dandy but for the bitcoin holders this doesn't seem like anything we can even participate in. We already control our keys and coins.
I also think the issue isn't one of awareness, everyone who has their coins held on an exchange knows the mantra "Not your keys not your coins". These are people actively choosing to insert middlemen where none belong. Will a PR campaign calling itself a celebration help with that?
I literally just saw another post promoting this "event" and it suggested everyone redeposit their coins the day after the event! Even the people promoting it don't agree what it is set to accomplish. To them it isn't about promoting storing your own keys it is a test run on the exchanges.

You are mostly correct. I think there are two groups who see this event with different goals or objectives. The first time I saw it posted it was because they wanted people to hold the exchanges accountable by proving solvency.

Clearly it's not targeted at you, move on lol. Loads of people still leave their crypto in exchanges, thinking they are too big to go down. I too control my keys, but seems like a cool idea, nonetheless. Let's see how it plays out